3-year-old wanders into dangerous snow forest in Siberia, gets rescued after 3 days

3-year-old wanders into dangerous snow forest in Siberia, gets rescued after 3 days

With a chocolate bar in hand, a toddler wandered all alone into a dangerous Siberian forest and was rescued three days later.

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India Today Web Desk

New Delhi

September 23, 2016

UPDATED: September 23, 2016 21:19 IST

Photo: Emergency Services Republic of Tuva

A three-year old boy wandered all alone into a forest that is home to bears and wolves and has been rescued three days later.

Tserin Dopchut was playing with dogs near his home in Tuva Republic, Russia before entering the woods in southern Siberia on September 18. He was under his great-grandmother's supervision when he ventured into the woods.

With a small bar of chocolate in hand and no coat he ventured into Taiga, a snow forest, and was found 72 hours later.

A land and air search was launched that involved more than 100 people and a helicopter was made to search an area of some 120 sq km. Tserin slept in a makeshift bed between the roots of a larch tree.

He has not suffered any injuries but Ayas Saryglar, the regional emergencies chief, said that the boy survived a "very dangerous" ordeal.

"There are wolves, and bears in the forest. The bears are now fattening for the winter. They can attack anything that moves. In addition, it is warm during the day, but at night there are even frosts", Ayas said.

Tserin's whole village is not celebrating his survival and the three-year-old was given the second name of Mowgli.

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